Can anyone identify this ground frog?

[ecosnake]

its all gone quiet on this thread...why oh why

 

[eipper]

Marc,

Jane Melville is an agamid specialist, it is lesueurii....not a ewingii....try posting it on Frogs.org.au and find out what they tell you....

 

[ecosnake]

Marc,

Jane Melville is an agamid specialist, it is lesueurii....not a ewingii....try posting it on Frogs.org.au and find out what they tell you....

ok....

 

[Psychad]

The classification of Stoney Creek Frogs was separated into 3 species in 2006 - FNQ has L. junguuy, southern Aust. has L. lesueurii and we have L. wilcoxii in SE Qld....just my 2 cents worth LOL. All nearly identical, and separated by location only (I think from memory).

 

[eipper]

Lesuerii and wilcoxii can be split via thigh patterning as well as generally distribution, the overlap zone of those two species is around 50 kms while jungguy wilcoxi cannot be split other than genetically with minor differences in habitat selection within the overlap zone (from Eungella to Townsville.
Cheers,
Scott

 

[ecosnake]

well there you go...its a lesueurii

 

[JasonL]

It looks nothing at all like the millions of lesueurii I have seen around Sydney....

Sydney form

 

[Psychad]

I've found in the wild they can vary remarkable in colour within the same species, and depending where they are in the breeding cycle. The amplexing pair in the above pic is identical to some SE Qld specimens I've photographed.

 

[GeckPhotographer]

100% Lesueurii, just a very fat one that is why it may appear to look different (Tautology). However it is most definitely L.lesueurii.